Question

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."

Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.

The author is using satire in this excerpt to emphasize the

utter absurdity of his plan.
necessity for warm winter clothing.
ways that people are cruel to children.
various benefits of his plan.

Answer 1

utter absurdity of his plan.

(He's listing grotesque "benefits" — using children's skins for gloves and boots — to mock and show how absurd the proposal is.)